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Alumni Publications
  • The Alumni Association News comes out twice a year in the spring and the fall. Articles include homecoming and reunion information, a list of alumni board members, alumni updates, and more.
  • The Alumni Association Update is a smaller publication released four times a year. This publication has brief paragraphs on alumni, alumni events, and Virginia Tech news. It also lists the football and reunion schedules.
  • The Virginia Tech Magazine, released quarterly and also available online, has a message from the president of the University and information about things that are happening at Virginia Tech. The magazine also prints updates on the lives of Tech alumni.
  • VT NetLetter is a monthly newsletter that alumni can read online or have sent to their e-mail. This publication covers Virginia Tech news, features, and alumni events. Alumni can subscribe for free or check it out online.
Major Alumni Events
  • Homecoming: Departments within the University invite their alumni back to visit and go to the homecoming football game.
  • Reunions: Past graduating classes return to Tech to meet up with old friends, visit the campus, and sometimes enjoy a football game.
Alumni Services
  • Alumni may take one free online course from Tech each year or multiple classes for a fee. Currently, Tech offers 79 online courses available for alumni. These courses fall under a number of subjects, including architecture, engineering, and computing.
  • Career Assistance: Virginia Tech Alumni can get resumé help, self-assessment tests, and career information from Career Services. Career Services is open Monday–Friday 8 a.m.–5 p.m., and they can be reached at (540) 231-6241.
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Famous Virginia Tech Alumni:

Frank Beamer (Class of ’69) – Virginia Tech’s head football coach
Vernell Coles (Class of ’90) – Olympic basketball player
Carroll Dale (Class of ’64) – All-American football player
H.C. Groseclose (Class of ’23) and W.S. Newman (Class of ’19) – created the Future Farmers of Virginia, which became the Future Farmers of America
Kylene Barker Hibbard (Class of ’78) – Miss America, 1979
Homer Hickam (Class of ’64) – Author of Rocket Boys, which was turned into the movie October Sky
Sharyn E. McCrumb (Class of ’85) – Author of more than 15 novels, and three-time recipient of the Agatha Award
Robert C. Richardson (Class of ’58) – Won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1996
Benjamin A. Rubin (Class of ’38) – Helped eradicate smallpox by inventing the bifurcated vaccination needle
Bruce Smith (Class of ’85) – Football player for the Washington Redskins
Bruce Vorhauer (Class of ’64) – Creator of the contraceptive sponge

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